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Page 33
But nothing in progression can rest on its original plan . We may as well think of
rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant . Therefore as the colonies
prospered and increased to a numerous and mighty people , spreading over a
very great ...
But nothing in progression can rest on its original plan . We may as well think of
rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant . Therefore as the colonies
prospered and increased to a numerous and mighty people , spreading over a
very great ...
Page 34
of their members had departed from its original principles ; and would discover
contradictions in each legislature , as well to its own first principles as to its
relation to the other , very difficult , if not absolutely impossible , to be reconciled .
of their members had departed from its original principles ; and would discover
contradictions in each legislature , as well to its own first principles as to its
relation to the other , very difficult , if not absolutely impossible , to be reconciled .
Page 37
By the favour of my fellow - citizens , I am the representative of an honest , well -
ordered , virtuous city ; of a people , who preserve more of the original English
simplicity , and purity of manners , than perhaps any other . You possess among
...
By the favour of my fellow - citizens , I am the representative of an honest , well -
ordered , virtuous city ; of a people , who preserve more of the original English
simplicity , and purity of manners , than perhaps any other . You possess among
...
Page 51
The very purpose and declared object of that original war , which has brought
other wars and other enemies on Ireland , was not very flattering to her dignity ,
her interest , or to the very principle of her liberty . Yet she submitted patiently to
the ...
The very purpose and declared object of that original war , which has brought
other wars and other enemies on Ireland , was not very flattering to her dignity ,
her interest , or to the very principle of her liberty . Yet she submitted patiently to
the ...
Page 58
... that scarcely a trace of the original scheme remains ! Thus , between the
resistance of power , and the unsystematical process of popularity , the
undertaker and the undertaking are both exposed , and the poor reformer is
hissed off the stage ...
... that scarcely a trace of the original scheme remains ! Thus , between the
resistance of power , and the unsystematical process of popularity , the
undertaker and the undertaking are both exposed , and the poor reformer is
hissed off the stage ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1864 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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